MEDIA ALERT: VIRTUAL EVENT–Racial Profiling of Chinese Scientists and the Consequences for the U.S. Scientific Community 

WHO: Committee of 100, a non-profit membership organization of prominent Chinese Americans, and the University of Arizona, one of the leading research universities in the country, will unveil findings from a new joint research project focused on race and ethnicity in science and research.

WHAT: Designed to understand how research and academics have been impacted by the limitations that the U.S. government has placed on international exchange with China, the research will have a special focus on the impact on professors and researchers who are of Chinese descent.

Pulled from nearly 2,000 validated responses, among the findings:

• 50.7% of Chinese descent professors/researchers in the U.S. feel considerable fear and/or anxiety that they are being surveilled by the U.S. government (compared to 11.7% of non-Chinese descent professors/researchers)
• Among those whose research with China was prematurely suspended, 78.5% of Chinese descent professors/researchers in the U.S. wanted to distance themselves from collaborators in China due to the China Initiative (compared to 27.3% of non-Chinese descent professors/researchers)
• Among the professors/researchers who collaborated with China over the past three years, 23.6% of Chinese descent professors/researchers in the U.S. decided not to involve China in future projects (compared to 5.8% of non-Chinese descent professors/researchers)

CONTACT: 
Charles Zinkowski
Director of Communications & Events
Committee of 100
czinkowski@committee100.org

Emma Wu
Media and Social Media Manager
Committee of 100
ewu@committee100.org